Catherine Stephens
Director, B. App Sc (Physio) MAPA

Cath has owned the practice since January 1991 and has worked in Dee Why since 1988. Her first passion was sports injuries and as such she was the Physiotherapist for Warringah Rugby Club for 16 years until the arrival of her daughter Emily in 2004. Scott and Catherine welcomed James into the world in 2007.

Cath now continues to enjoy the accurate assessment and treatment of sports injuries, acute and chronic neck and back pain including the Sarah Key method. She has also added the teaching and use of Pilates techniques. Cath has combined her vast clinical experience, knowledge and teaching skills into the development of our unique Physiotherapist instructed small group Pilates classes.

As practice director, Cath encourages all our physiotherapists to participate in continuing professional development and enthusiastically shares her knowledge in our regular staff in-service programme

Bene Sloan
B.App Sc (Physio) MAPA

Bene brings with her extensive experience in rehabilitation of hand and elbow injuries with a strong interest in ergonomics .

Bene graduated from Sydney University in 1990 and has worked at Sydney Hospital Hand Unit as well as in general practice treating a wide variety of orthopaedic and musculo-skeletal conditions. She spent 3 years in Mt Hutt, New Zealand working closely with ski teams treating all sporting injuries and developing comprehensive ankle and knee rehabilitation programs for their athletes. Bene is one of our Pilates instructors.

Francesca Faulkner
B.Phty

Francesca joined our team this year after moving to Sydney from Christchurch, New Zealand. She has a strong interest in sports injuries and has worked closely with Rugby Union teams since graduating in 2008. Francesca is the current Physiotherapist for the Warringah Rugby Club Grade teams.

Francescas other passion is gymnastics and she competed for many years nationally and internationally as a Rhythmic Gymnast. This has given her first hand experience in coping with injuries and returning to sport. This is where she developed her passion for Physiotherapy.

Francesca is credentialed in the McKenzie method for treating neck and lower back pain and enjoys working with all musculoskeletal injuries. Francesca is also one of our Pilates instructors.

Katie Jenkins
B. App Sc (Physio)

Katie joined our team initially in 2011 as a part time Physio and Pilates Instructor. Luckily for us she joined the team full time in October.

Katie graduated from Sydney University in 2004 and has a strong interest in neck and back pain, musculoskeletal and sports injuries , and exercise based rehab. She has worked at St. Vincents Private Hospital and North Shore Private where she was the orthopaedic senior gaining experience in trauma, post surgical rehab, plastering and chest physiotherapy. Katie also has an interest in falls prevention for the elderly and runs our balance classes.

Katie has recently added the Mulligan's manual therapy method to her repertoire of treatment tools. She is also one of our Pilates instructors.